The city of Cleveland released a statement Friday that 11 cases of COVID-19 are linked to planning and set-up for the Sept. 29 presidential debate. The Cleveland Clinic, which hosted the event, specified that the 11 people never accessed the debate hall.

More than a third of U.S. adults do not think influenza vaccines work well, a new survey shows.

As Florida lifts restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Miami-Dade County said it will not fully follow the decision, NPR reports.

Increased nurse staffing levels and intensivist hours were linked to significantly lower sepsis rates at a sample of Massachusetts hospitals, a study published in Critical Care Nurse found.

Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital banned visitors Oct. 1 after announcing a COVID-19 cluster involving three patients. 

Front-line workers in Wisconsin are urging communities to take the pandemic seriously as statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths hit new highs, The Post-Crescent reports. 

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19, reports The New York Times.

The FDA is warning healthcare providers of a potential infection risk linked to heater-cooler devices used during cardiothoracic surgery.

A small but growing number of health systems are launching dedicated clinics or programs for COVID-19 patients with lingering symptoms, reports Kaiser Health News.

COVID-19 was common and mild in infants and more severe in older, healthy children, according to a study in Pediatrics.

New York City-based Columbia University scientists have identified the bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus, the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus — a condition in which fluids build up in the cavities deep in the brain.

About 58 percent of nurses who died of COVID-19 and related complications are nurses of color, a report from a prominent nurse union says.

A 19-year-old college student died Sept. 28, apparently of neurological complications tied to COVID-19, reports The New York Times. 

More than 30 medical practices and compounding pharmacies have made claims about the drug thymosin alpha-1 as a treatment for COVID-19 that are unproven, an NPR investigation found.

Timothy Ray Brown — the first person to be cured of HIV in 2018 — has died of cancer at age 54, according to the International AIDS Society.

National daily COVID-19 cases have increased by about 25 percent since mid-September, according to an Oct. 1 newsletter from The New York Times.   

A new bill signed into law Sept. 29 will allow nurse practitioners in California to practice medicine without the supervision of physicians, according to The Sacramento Bee.

A patient death that Colorado hospital staff linked to a device malfunction and understaffing captured Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control readers' attention the most in September.

Two U.S. senators have backed bills to eliminate financial barriers that keep many pregnant women from getting vaccines, reports The 19th News.

Immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases should be required for healthcare workers as a condition of employment, a prominent group of infectious disease specialists said.